George S Schuyler
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First published in 1931, "Black No More" is a clever and important satirical novel by George S. Schuyler which was written during the creative time of the Harlem Renaissance. This humorous and insightful work explores what would happen if blackness could be erased and black people could choose to become white. The novel begins with the central character Max Disher, a young, intelligent and ambitious black man, finding himself lonely and rejected on...
2) Black empire
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"At once a daring, high-stakes science fiction adventure and a strikingly innovative Afrofuturist classic, this controversial and fearlessly political work lays bare the ethical quandaries of exactly how far one should go in the name of justice"--
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"The landmark comic satire that asks, "What would happen if all black people in America turned white?" It's New Year's Day 1933 in New York City, and Max Disher, a young black man, has just found out that a certain Dr. Junius Crookman has discovered a mysterious process that allows people to bleach their skin white--a new way to "solve the American race problem." Max leaps at the opportunity, and after a brief stay at the Crookman Sanitarium, he becomes...
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Northeastern University Press
Pub. Date
c1994
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English
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Two recently discovered novellas on the Abyssinian War of 1935 by an African-American journalist (1895-1977). The Ethiopian Murder Mystery is a detective story set in Harlem, while Revolt in Ethiopia is on a former redcap who goes on a treasure hunt to help an Ethiopian princess fight the Italian invaders. By the author of Black Empire.
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Library of America volume 218
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Library of America
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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